Gilded Age Politics
This era was nicknamed the “Gilded Age” by Mark Twain and Charles Dudley Warner.
What is the late 19th century?
The AFL, led by Samuel Gompers, focused on organizing skilled workers to achieve these goals.
What are higher wages and better working conditions?
opulists supported the unlimited coinage of this metal to inflate currency.
What is silver?
This “Trust-Busting” president believed in controlling monopolies and conserving nature.
Who is Theodore Roosevelt?
Progressives used this type of journalism to expose corruption and social ills.
What is muckraking?
Political machines, like Tammany Hall, were associated with this kind of corruption.
What is patronage or graft?
This 1886 labor conflict in Chicago became associated with the fight for an eight-hour workday.
What is the Haymarket Riot?
This 1890 law attempted to prevent anti-competitive business practices.
What is the Sherman Antitrust Act?
She was a leading advocate for women’s suffrage and co-founded the National American Woman Suffrage Association.
Who is Susan B. Anthony?
These 19th-century clubs and organizations promoted temperance and reducing alcohol consumption.
What are temperance societies?
This law attempted to limit Chinese immigration to the U.S. in 1882.
What is the Chinese Exclusion Act?
This labor organization led the Pullman Strike and was a target of government intervention.
What is the American Railway Union?
Progressives advocated for this type of tax, which increases with income.
What is a graduated income tax?
He became president after Roosevelt and continued progressive reforms including the Federal Reserve Act.
Who is Woodrow Wilson?
This 1911 fire in New York City highlighted unsafe working conditions and led to labor reform.
What is the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire?
This president was assassinated in 1881 by a disappointed office seeker.
Who is James A. Garfield?
This term describes workers refusing to work in order to force changes from employers.
What is a strike?
This reform aimed to regulate railroads and prevent unfair rates for farmers.
What is the Interstate Commerce Act?
This social reformer helped improve tenement housing and founded Hull House.
Who is Jane Addams?
This movement sought to assimilate immigrants through education and social programs.
What is the Americanization movement?
The Pendleton Civil Service Act reformed this system for government jobs.
What is the spoils system?
The 1892 strike at this steel company highlighted violent suppression of labor protests.
What is the Homestead Strike?
These laws regulated working hours, safety, and sanitation in factories.
What are labor laws or workplace reforms?
This African-American leader pushed for immediate civil rights through education and political engagement.
Who is W.E.B. Du Bois?
Settlement houses provided these services to urban poor populations.
What are education, childcare, and social services?